Bernard Fanning

Biography

Most widely known for his stint fronting the chart-topping Australian rockers Powderfinger, Bernard Fanning in addition has hit number 1 like a single artist. Fanning was created August 15, 1969, in Brisbane. He became a member of Powderfinger in the behest of St. Joseph’s University economics classmate Ian Haug, who co-founded the group in 1989. Originally slated like a guitarist, Fanning was quickly awarded business lead vocalist responsibilities, charting the group’s development from addresses to original materials. After a couple of self-employed EPs, Powderfinger (therefore named honoring the classic Corrosion Never Sleeps monitor by Neil Adolescent, a seminal impact) authorized to Polydor in 1994 and released their debut LP, Parables for Wooden Ears. Using the 1996 follow-up, Two times Allergic, the music group went double-platinum in the home, consequently notching some Australian chart-topping LPs including 1998’s Internationalist, 2000’s Odyssey Quantity Five, and 2003’s Vulture Road. Also in 2003, Fanning produced his feature film debut in Ned Kelly, adding a single performance towards the film soundtrack. Despite achievement within the U.K. and European countries, Powderfinger remained digital unknowns within the U.S. marketplace, and in 2005 the music group continued hiatus. In Oct of 2005, Fanning released his debut single work, Tea & Sympathy. Charting a folk and vocalist/songwriter path, the album however scored hits using the singles “Want You Well” and “Songbird.” He place his single career on keep briefly when Powderfinger reunited for any sixth album, Desire Days in the Resort Living, which topped the Australian graph in 2007. The music group also toured greatly, including a tour with Silverchair called Over the Great Separate, whose objective was to improve knowing of indigenous issues. Powderfinger released another recording, 2009’s Golden Guideline, but although it hit number 1, it had been their last. Fanning composed music and spent period with his family members through the early 2010s, after that finally surfaced in 2013 along with his second single album, Departures. As opposed to his initial single album, that one was fairly rock-heavy; it conveniently reached number 1 in Australia. Civil Dusk, released in 2016, came back him towards the folk audio of Tea & Sympathy. No real surprise, it hit number 1 in Australia, and spent greater than a month in the very best Ten.

Awards ARIA Music Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album, MTV Australia Award for Album of the Year

Music Groups Powderfinger, The Wrights

Music Songs Watch Over Me, Wish You Well, Wasting Time, Songbird, Isn't It A Pity, Shelter for My Soul, Not Finished Just Yet, Hope & Validation, Reckless, Thrill Is Gone, Belly Of The Beast, Departures, Grow Around You, Further Down the Road, Emerald Flame, Yesterday's Gone, Which Way Home?, Tell Me How It Ends, Rush Of Blood, Wash Me Clean, Down to the River, What A Man Wants, Unpicking A Puzzle, Battleships, Sleeping Rough, Sooner Or Later, The Strangest Thing, Change Of Pace, Here Comes the Sadist, Moreton Bay, Shed My Skin, In The Ten Years Gone

Nominations ARIA Music Award for Best Male Artist, ARIA Music Award for Engineer of the Year, World Music Award for World’s Best Album, MTV Australia Award for Song of the Year, MTV Australia Award for Best Male Artist

Movies Ned Kelly

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He has just released a solo album, called Tea and Sympathy. It's doing very well in the Australian charts [November 2005]

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Has just released his band's fifth studio album 'Vulture Street' in Australia. [July 2003]

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Has just released his band's sixth studio album 'Fingerprints' in Australia. [December 2004]

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His band, "Powderfinger", has just released a new album called "Fingerprints".

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Makes his on-screen debut with a cameo performance in Ned Kelly (2003) (2003) as an Irish singer. He performs the Australian folk song "Moreton Bay" onstage during the film.

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Studied Journalism for a while at the University of Queensland, before leaving to become a factory hand, and to concentrate more on band commitments.

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Lead singer/guitarist for popular Australian band 'Powderfinger'.

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His album 'Odyssey no. 5' is one of the most highest selling albums in Australia's history, and was the big winner at the 2000 aria awards.